AE17.D.6.4

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 6 - Dance

AE17.D.6.4
Identify artistic criteria to choreograph a dance study that communicates personal or cultural meaning and evaluate why some movements are more effective than others.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: The elements of dance, dance structures, and choreographic devices serve as both a foundation and a departure point for choreographers.
EQ: What influences choice-making in creating choreography?

Skills Examples

Create a movement phrase and explore the movement to different sounds of music. Compare how the music changed the way the movement was performed.
Listen as the teacher plays different kinds of music. Create and perform movement that suits a particular piece of music. Then create and perform movement that contrasts with (does not suit) the music; discuss the difference.
Discuss the way that movements are suited to different social events (i.e., by comparing spectators doing the wave at a sporting event to students walking in pairs down the aisle at their graduation ceremony).
Implement practices such as fall and recover, pop and lock, contract and release into a movement phrase.
Create dances using choreographic devices, such as expansion, diminution, and reverse.
Choreograph a narrative dance that shows relationships, such as friendship.
Use inversion to create a dance about opposition.
Invent a simple system (such as a = jump, b = skip, and c = reach); then, mix up the order of the letters to explore the sequencing.

Vocabulary

prompts
movement vocabulary
artistic expression
movement vocabulary
choreography
utilize elements of dance
dance study
artistic intent
choreographic devices
structure
artistic criteria
dance study
concept, impact and inspiration for choreography
feedback and revise
notation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Aligned Learning Resources

Drum-Beating & Foot-Stomping

AE17.D.6.4 Identify artistic criteria to choreograph a dance study that communicates personal or cultural meaning and evaluate why some movements are more effective than others.